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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
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Place In contrast with these statistics
those OF seven counties where there are
but two sDiritist organizations In the
whole territory, and scarcely a Vestige
Of aVOwed in6delity, or any anti. Chris
tian clubs; yet counties for which no.
body would claim superior intelligence
over the former, nor so bigh degree of
culture; but where all the vile forms of
Wickedness, with all its associations, do
prevail to just as great extent, II not
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
TIE works Of the Hubbard Timing

The works of the Hubbard Timing
Company at Hubbard, o, which Nas the
first tin plate mill built In this country,
will be started to-day. R. j. Huschings,
the manager, says that imported block
tin will be used and oil the materials
which enter into Its manufacture are
cheaper In America than England
Roofing tin will be made first but ulti
mately bright tin will be among the
products.-[P Pittsburg Times, 26th.
And yet they want u high tariff on tin
plate that would add q per cent to the
cost Of canned goods In this country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05

Physicians In good standing often
prescribe Mrs. Pukham's Fege abs
f1r the cure uf female weak
nesses, This Is valuable lAdOGsement.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05
Buoklan,a Arnica SaIve.

The best sslve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, chapped hands, chilblsins, corns,
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t Is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price % cents per
oOS. EoT ss;a ~ Irbi1, Wright 4 30
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05

''9 RATwo need" says the Charleston
News, 'sre froa 5hips and free raw ma
trrlals." This ia common sense and true
az truthful preaching.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-05

Mr.. T. ]. Murray, 81 Debavoice Place,
BROOKLYN, N Y, says: IL was afflicted
with sciatic rheumatism and found st.
Jacobs Oil very efficacioas," Sold by
druggists and dealers everywhere"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
A COUNTRY DRUG STORE.

Tie young drug clerk is alpne,
His enploI eC hss gone to the city
to buy stock. TleTe las not been a
customer in the store for more than
an hour. The drug clerk feels lont-
some. He gszes pensjvely ont at
the deserted village street, ard
mus upon the vanity of all thlr4>
here relow. An open book hes up
on the Counter belO~e him. 1t is
"Daui,i Drrouda." Somebody has
advised the drug clerk t. read l.,
and lie hes been trying to do 50. But
he don t like it. He Is Disappointed,
for he b gan it under the impress
sion that it was utttctlye story.
1t makes hlm 81 epy,
The drug CLERK is thing o.
beauty, ard is calculated to te a
Joy forever. He We4rS a check
suit, a blue sc IF with d large pin
representing mortar and pestle
Isuggest We of hi, devotion to bus
ness. ana very high cellar. His
natural attractions are further eli
hanced by large amethyst ring
upon the little finer Of h.s III ht
hand, and bioude bang, which
long and careful training has re-
duced to a stare of complete sub
lection
But see. the expression of gloom
upon his features gives place TO A
sunny smile. lie sees d maldeL
| coming up the village street, an(
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
N Am eEr"at and Nou are smaIi

a sparrow swinging on a branch
Once caught passing fly;
oh let me Hve"' the insect prayed,
with trembling, piteous cry,
No, sand the sparrow, you must fall ,
For an great and you are small
The bird had scarce begun his feast
Before hawk came by;
The game was caught, Pray let me llver'
Was now the sparrow's cry.
'No," said the captor, you must fall.
For am great and you are small
An eagle saw the rogue and swoopsd
Upon him from on hlgh'
Pray let me live; why should you kill
So small bird as I?''
sob" said the eagle, ''you must fall.
For am great and you are small"
But while he ate. the hunter came:
He let his arrow fly.
"Tyrant," the eagle shrek !, ''You have
No right to make me diet
'Ah," said the hunter, "yOu must fall.
For am great and you are small"
From the German.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

lOlver under the suspicious clrCum
>tances. Sic was charged " II ha>
NJ shot one Of her suitors. Th,
rowardIy teacher al-o accused h.
of the CT me. Sae was arreste a. d
W some means managed to escap. .
and, in company with her uncle. f-o
o America. The couple travelled
rs father and daughter, and coming
Vest, settl-d at Atwood, Kan. and
Mary went to work as 4 servant.
The real murderer d.ed il Germ
ny duriag the month OF February
Prior to his death he made a cons
fess:On by which Mary was entIr,l
nieared Of any charge of murder. 1t
was only this week that the clad it,
elIigence reached the innocent hur
rereecuted girl at her We tern home.
Mary ha, left for Ohio, where sh.
mas $4,000 wcrth Of property left
her ~ her father. During the pas
four years she has been workirg
quietly and patiently in her obsyut e
oo-lt )n.-Ftom the Kansas CIt1
Times.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

waves of train on the elevated =.
- rushed hy Fifteenth street in FIR
arcaue. BIT h" vas sIoet fo
BItrher. and Bu'cher was the -.
rl4uct Of Sco;ch terre-. sud th.
Voice was tIat OF :nnuneral /. ~nsI
eoys WHO Were quietly amusi : then
selves ye>terda, afternoon.
"Eu.yh" is "a cl rnher. and / Va
he ~riL-les IN ! ,qprrns up TO th.
ross bars of a lamp post to rcmov,
pendant cop J. 4 marvel With a
-tart ~ tIrrc feet he Will -et tIerr
very time. No matter how hrmh
tie cap c,i"g~ "ButcE" won't com,
jOwn until the cap comes too. /
seems TO be necessary as prehma
nary measure TO tait the cap. so To
~leak, with sail, a. The amount ~
naIt wasted on hose caps Sunda
would have supplied all the boot
blacks in the city for a week. Ou.
long hairtd td-headed bov tried t.
adjust ms cap for tie operation, but
"Butch," llrrd of waiting, climbed
up his hack and, aklng firm kold O.
the terra cutta locks, brought the
tnungster To the ground N ttiumph
There his fureshor enel tail waggcd
in tvldcLt appreciation Of the vocIf-
er"us APPLAUSE. But ''Butch's'
yreat sct was reserved for the last.
Al a distance Of fifty feet stood two
wagons end TO end, in the fore
ground an open one, in the rear =
nigh covered delivery wagon.
'Butch's' nwner threw a stick which
ruck in the open vehicles. "Butch'
sierted for il like "A rocket but mis-
taking the location of the stick, H.
one leap he cleared the distance
from the gr0und to the top Of the
covered wagon. A sharp. decisive
UagLle of tie tail was his ONLY SIGN
OF oXnlta'iO1. Another leap took
him to Il c lower wagon and the stick.
and still another to the ground. H.
'hc wild enthusiasm which tnsued.
''Butch' conducted himself with be
coming modesty, vet plainly indie A.
ed that conscious merit was an ele>
ment Of s'rcngth.-EUentng Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08


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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

In taking a last, sad farewell Of
the only native forest left to US in
Chautauqua county, we cannot but
feel a sad remembrance Of greatness
ih natures plan. But money and
commerce will have their way, and
po,terity must take care Of itself as
this progressive age goes on. This
is an era of raill loaGing and flying
80 to speak and VIC remnants Of an
other now vanishing era must stand
frOn under to make place for new
comcrs. The age in which | was
reared seemed to me to be sober. 1t
is different now and | cannot catch
on upon the whirl of moderns as
they rash enterprise. We are strips
ping Our forests. Chautanqua is a
soil to day barren. or nearly so, OF
timber.
What pray of the future?
| read that thg original Prender-
CAST woods are bought and are to he
slashed down, | suppose. for the
beLefit Of commerce, so called .Goot-
by then we say to the last nati' e
forest in Chan tatiqua county. Ma
+;,.,,l lnh.c orn communicated or1
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

On Madison street one day !
p9used to pat the nose of g beadti~
ful hUrse which StOed by tie curb
and to cOmmisera:e hi misfortune.
For this beautiful animal, though
sleek of coat and shapely in hod>
and limb, was apparently sut1' ring
most excruciatlng torture. His head
Tad beet ctGeckpi inhnmanly LIZA,
and the cruel bit, drawing tightly III
his mouth. disfig ured an animal face
Cr rrusnul ch.-m and Intelligence.
| was ju+t fancy tuat ii b"r7a hat
begun to nnder,ta' d and a i-'uate
my words of symp tthv, when the
la1, rhu sat in the earrla-e e hOldipg
the reus fnmhled in her > ,cket, pro
duccH 4 lumJ OF white sugar, and
a~kel me to Give it to the or,e.
"IIe Is very fond of sugar" she
explained, ''And ! have quite wen
MS heaIt by feeding it to him. |
always carry sugar in my pocket
.gh.I.- "ut driving, and give h III a
limp al -vcry opportunity. never
know u horse to be so fond of sugar.
Will YOU pl, ase give hlm another
lump?'
"Celtainly,' l replied Il Sc, that
you are quite as fond ofthe horse as
he is Of sweet-.'
Yes , | think ev,rything Of him."
Il hen why do You torture him?"
"TorluTe my Primo %
- Yes that is just what you are
doing. Do you not know that the
poor animal suffers agony because
his head is checked so unnaturaIly
high? His neck is drawn out
straight producing most dngGace-
ful angle, he holds his head awk
wardly,the bit is hurting his mouth,
and that graceful curvature of neck
and carriage of head which are bis
in nature are now entirely lost Why
do You check him so high?"
She diln'o know. She was not
aware that high checking was a
source OF pain to horses, nor that it
destroyed their natural leauty. She
was amazed a. the discovery.
"Muy | trouble you to loosen his
check?' she asked.
When the strap was unstappcd
the horse Immediately lowered his
head, Strengthened the cramps out
Of Lis handsome neck, shook him
self To make sure that he had actual
ly been released from bondage, and
then looked round with such CRATE
ful, delis hted expression in his il
telligent eyes that lis mistress de
clare no more checking straps
> ould be used upon hlm.-From the
Chicago Heruld.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

whan o,Lod ,o fo,.or +ho oho1;+;oo
Of can,taI nunishment w,,tv
FraocLnan re,liad uRv all moa,s
hut let na.sieurs the murdorars no.
DIR"
..1yboso o,,,3do.i, ,,, bI.a. J..
man shall ~, hIoo, ha chad y. T,o,o
j. No otbar ,an.ltv than coni,ol
nunjsbm.nt which will res,rsin tho
hand ot the mnr}erur He !. naarlv
.tw,,.s cf+to+ +,aooI;ara,,a h;oh
dreads doa,l u.nro tn.r tho loss or
honor rennta,;on fr;o,ax,in or
even family
Tin inrv,ran who oom ho,;+.+a.
70 ,nA,,.t tb.. niona.+ ,,,;,,,no,.,
nrss.r,h..i hv law would r. oon,t.,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

Years ago Mary PaleEkot, now Ii
servant girl Of Atwood Kan. lived
in interior Oniv town. Her father .,
n wealthy German. had incurred The
emnlty Of some cOuhtrymen, and in
order % revenge themselves they
kidnapped her and tOuk her to
Germany. Here she was recovered
by friends of her father AID placed
IN the hands of tutor, who soon
aecame devoted TO her. Another
ran also conceived q liking Tor her
and attempted to keep compar y
with ber. This arouse q the anger o.
the tutor and he swOre vengeance.
O,.e day while the tutor and Mary
were walkinL out on a country road
they met the other suitor, and the
tutor drew a rev Oliver and fred point
blank at his rival. Mary seized the
smoking weapon, and when several
people came up still held the re.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

Years ago into = wholesale gro
cery store in n, Y, walked q tall,
muscularlooking man, e, identlv II
fresh come from some backwoode
town in Maine or New Hamps hire.
Accosting the first person he met,
who happened to te the merchant
himself, he asked:
"YO don't want to hire man in
yCur store, do yOu?'
WeIl,' said the merchant, II
don't know. What can YOU hop"
'Du?" said the man. II rather
guess ! can turn my hand to almost
anything. What do you want
d0neY1
We'll, if / we're to hire man it
would he who could lift we'll "a strong
WHY frllo@. one. for instance, that
could sh,n'dcr sack Of coffee like
that youdcr, and carry it across the
store, aod never lay it down"
''1hare BOW, Cap'n,' said the
countrynan, "thats just M. can
Iitt ANYTHING ! can ti-cI t.. Yor
can t III me- better. What vii you
give a nan that can -nlt you?'
"Ill tell you,' said the merchant,
''If YOU shoulder that sack of coffee ,,
and carry it across the room twice,
and never lay it down, | will hire
you for a year at hundred dollars
a month";"
Don - said the stranger.
An 10y this time every clerk in
the store had gathered around and
was waiting to join in the laugh
against the man. who, walking up to
/ the sack threw it across his shoulder
with perfect ease and it was not ex-
tremelv heavy, and, walking with it
twice across the floor went quietly to
. a large ECOk which was taStt net 10
the wal, and hanging it up, turned
to the merchant and said,
"Tnefe, row? it may harg there
! till doomsday: | shall never Iay 1t
down. What shall 60 about mis-
ter? Jlst give me plenty to 40, and
hundred dollars month, and it is
ali right"
The clerks broke into Iangh; bot
the merchant, discounted yet salts
fed, ept his agreement; and today
the green countryman is the senior
partner in the firm, and worth a i'll
lOn dollar.-X.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

tie feeders have previously been cut
INTO long slips one card vile and te.
long. The women feed them thT4uLI
mother cutter that tn n then GU
separate cards. Three giIls t Ike t. {
ard from one feeder, one gin
counts them to see that twents -iv,
tre in each package, and the OF Il
Two put Taper binders around th'
packages In preas f. DR. feed,
double, or two sheets at time. a. &
can feel four sheets at time.
After leaving the girls at the feed
ing machines the postal cards are il
nndles ready for sale, ju-t as they
look in country pos t-Office. But
before shipment they are boxed L.
twenty packages of tweGt. >6,e
each are put in pasteboard box
that by contract must be mushr
buund. Five girls put on the muslin
binding and are paid fifteen cents
for binding 100 boxes. Other iii i
take the packages OF cards and put
them in tie boxes which are then.
ready for shit ment. No smaIlet
orders than 500 are filed. Orders
of 10000 and over are put up il
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
AEOTsERIN Or DIS
A>sIEt.

A bright looking young woman in
one Of tie ia .hiOnable dry goods
stores tod me she never, IL Size
could possibly help it, sells all arlj-
Gle to a person who hai lost front
tooth, as it is always forernnner of
disaster to her. IL always get some
Of the Other girls u no are not -uper~
stti Us to wait on such peopl ;" she
said. Chicago Journui.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
AR FssER ALTON.

Are Won loing to strike, MAJ"
asked the little IOv, as he tremn-
lingly gszsd upon the qplifted shinA lc,
"Thats just what I'm going t"
do?"
"Can't We arbitrate, ma, before
you strike?'
'I'm just going to arhitrat-," she
said, as the shinola descended and
raised 4 cloud of dust from The seat
of a pair of pantaloons-"I am just
oing TO arbltrate, my son, and this
slingIe is the board of arbitration
From the Boston Courier.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
METHODIST CHURCH.
FROM THE PERSIAN.

Faithful friends, 1t lies, know,
Pale, and white, and cold as snow;
And We say-A bdallah's dead
Weeping at the feet and head,
] can see your falling tears,
can hear your sighs and prayers,
Yet | smile end whisper this;
Cease your tears and let it lie,
1t was mme, 1t is not | -
Sweet friends. what the women lave
For the last sleep of the grave,
Is hut which | am quitting,
Is a garment no more fitting.
Is a cage from which at last,
Iii e a bird my soul has passed.
Love the inmate not the room;
The wearer, not the garb-the plume
Of the eagle not TIE bars
That keep him from the splendid stars
LOVING friends, oh rise ard dry
Stra'ghtway every weeping eye;
What ye lift upon the bier
Is not orth single tear,
'TiS an empty sea-shell-ens
Out Uf which the pearl is gone.
The shell is broken, it lies there;
The pearl. the soul, the all is here.
lis an earthen jar whose lid
Allah sealed the while il hid
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

A Rhode Island avenue man, WHO
i. painfully homelv, has a boy Of
wiom he is very proud The other
dav he was playing with tne Ait
while his wife was - t.a2 by the
window sewing.
"Tommie looks more Ike bis apa
every day. doesn't b. ny @carz" be
remarked proudly 10 her.
We'll ." she repled hes .tatiDg'y,
a. she looEei at the toy. II am -or-
~ to -ay that he does. W Wa-aiu--
ton Critic.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
sgosV Postal Card Are Made:

To follow the process Of makjag
the pos.al cards one has uuIy t.
climb up to the hi4Les hu::t3itil t:.:
the h!jt, Waere in q baca rtun.. u
crowd Of 4irls sort the rau, tti>t
have just com, il from he oltf.rtl'
r"g cuilectDr-. the girls cat off all
the huttOu-, iaNr off the buckles !,
and *ott out he rags, The sorted
RAGS are placed IN chop3.ing ma
cMna which treats them like Sausage
meat, and after making the old
dresses and trousers into squares
and triang les too small for even a
Many crazy quilt, it whifrs them in
to another machine where the dust
is shaken out of them and they are
/ Gle, ned. From that on the II fe of
the rags il a succession o! baths in
chloride of lime and other hleeching
and cleansing chemicals, with oc
casiOnal visits to vats and rips
through sets of sharp knives and
fine toothed rollers. Finally the
many colored rags come out in a
nice white mush that looks like thin
| Hour paste. This is shaken over
wire to get the water out of it. and
put through few score rollers and
glue bath before II comes out as
postal-card paper.
At the end of the long rolls that
have been squeezing 1t down tn in
enough and putting the pale gloss on
it the long sheet of postal card paper,
several yards wide is either cut up
into sheets 21x305 inches, as it is
roited up, four postal cards wide, to
be put on the automatic presses thst
print from roll. Each sheet will
soon be forty pnstal-cardS. When
the paper has been calendered It Is
taken from the paper mill, a fe'.
feet, to the postal-card factory. 4.
the big room of the postal card fac
tory ave dozen men, two doze n
guIs. large Camp ell press, four
small cutters and big cutter stack
/ of boxes, large tables, a. q 81 web 0t
/ gearing and belts overhead. The
sheets are taken 10 the press, where
two f, elders ietd 1orty>one Il minute
- 1,76O postal cards every sixty
sec"nds- The pOstal-cardo ar> printed
f.om >teei plates SO hard thar there
IS n0y Il ti'e IN the factory thar vii
make an impression on thetl. Eact
card has = separate stcel plate. and
Tie eighty that are needed 10 make
the mp t~h'OGS on the two Shctte
are Wrdged III tue end OF the press
The plates come from Washington
and last tgC years without renew al
Il e She cts of Eostal-cards art
carried from the press few feet t
the feeders, " no ale women will
iong experience at their work. Tue,
are paid Az cents per 100000, anc
can feed from 500 COO to 100000 .
day. The sheets as they come to
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
why Esardetie IL n w oman
Sudragist.

Why am | woman sufregist?
Because | am. Recause a woman
has more good, hard common sense
than nan. Because she makes
less hiun3ers about her rights and
quietly maiatains them better than a
man. Because she won't give $1.50
for an article she knows very we'll
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08
Barnum VIII Want this Dog.

Hi, Butch git dere."
The voice was legion, and smash
ID to flinders the weakling sound
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-08

'ItN - Ap TX ii a iAhAAt VI thN tA'Ait'
grace. The door opens he enters,
md the following dialogue en-Ie>:
She-"All alone, Cl!"
Ie-"W by! good afternoon, A.
die. Yes, things are rather qui .
Iain't seen yru for an age"
She-"You saw ne at church last
sunday"
He with killing g'anc -
We'll, three days away from Sou
; EN- al age
she--"Cy Whitaker. you're get
ting worse and worse
He-"I krow am. Guess YOU |
have to undertake my cure. Hey?'
Bret iutermiS>ion for g!g2ling).
Nhe--.' What are you r,adiug?"
daniel Deronda." DO You like
lt!"
He (guaeded.D DO you?"
Sh'-'I think it's perfectly
splendid. Don't your
He prompt'y)--"Pcrfsctly mag
nltice"1. Going to the Methodl /
tea-party tomorrow night?"
Sac with scorn) --"Me' No, ST;
"''n MIA " Ii Nat sci
>iii''0' "'' e'0 ) "u >
''''o' A'ohi '''e 'oiNo "o" " 1"
~ -'i 'i'' '''o' = nun VIZ
0o O"' yes L ; pose 'heIe are
"' ; -" o'' . 49, ''i i''> '''','
i'''i" " : ar oo'ol""S 'ii"' 'no
"iI9"o " "'"9' "' Ih'S"'J "h
he"i'hS ldin'' -J"'s'h3 from Tue
NUN "el Vi ''nirS d week 'hoSe SIll'
'''' III ) ~'oie'
He (shghtly hySterIcaf-"He. he!
be. Now that amuSes me. " ho
Sa q 1t?
She'll shan tell N0n,
He--"leS, dol"
She'll wont
He" | know who 1t was :;
it was that H'G@!ns girl
She Per APPS l, WAS, ant per
hapS II "aSn L"
He Gns nuatioelvl-"Thi, ant
the first time that that eft; has
tried to maxi trouble between ycu
and me. But she can't Influence
me. And as for tie Grisw"ld girls.
YOU can ju Ige how much care for
them when | tell You that, though
they were round here thi, morning
ur-lng me to 90 to the tea-part>,
what you have laid has decided me
lot to attend it," (AS>umts an eX-
pressipn Of tenderness).
She-''I am sure it is a matter of
lnditfer nee to me whether you go
or not.
lie ignO.icg the remark) y
think | shall take in the concert at
the Presbyteran Church that IS I
| can get any one to 90 with me" ="
She (unbendlnG sll9htlN)-1 on
seem to be III such d. mtnd that
there ought not 10 oe any dllllcu "
a u